Anniversaries in 1970 of Interest to Statisticians

Brief recognition is given to bicentennials of the death of James Stirling (1692-1770) and birth of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843); to sesquicentennials of the publication of the 3rd definitive edition of Laplace's Théorie analytique des probabilités, and of the births of William Chauven...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The American Statistician. - American Statistical Association, 1947. - 24(1970), 1, Seite 25-28
1. Verfasser:	Eisenhart, Churchill (VerfasserIn)
Format:	Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	1970
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:	The American Statistician
Schlagworte:	Stirling's Numbers Moments Factorial Moments Stirling's Formula Abraham De Moivre Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler Coast and Geodetic Survey Office of Weights and Measures Pierre Simon de Laplace Théorie Analytique des Probabilités mehr... History of Probability Isaac Todhunter William Chauvenet Method of Least Squares Chauvenet's Criterion Rejection of Observations Louis Bachelier Jean Perrin Brownian Motion Avogadro's Number Path-Space Measure Émile Borel Norbert Wiener Metron Corrado Gini Behavioral sciences Physical sciences Mathematics Business

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Zusammenfassung:	Brief recognition is given to bicentennials of the death of James Stirling (1692-1770) and birth of Ferdinand Rudolph Hassler (1770-1843); to sesquicentennials of the publication of the 3rd definitive edition of Laplace's Théorie analytique des probabilités, and of the births of William Chauvenet (1820-1870) and Isaac Todhunter (1820-1884); to centennials of the births of Louis Bachelier (1870-1946) and Jean Perrin (1870-1942); and to the semicentennial of the initial publication (1920) of Metron, and International Review of Statistics.
ISSN:	15372731
DOI:	10.2307/2682292